FEATURES
30 Summer of Joy
Make it your most arts-filled summer yet
by Maureen Canney, Bret Chenkin, Autumn Duke, Rita A. Fucillo, Carl Little,
Susan Saccoccia, Alix Woodford
38 Strange States
Twelve women artists at the Shelburne dive deep to find the light
by Cynthia Close
COLUMNS
7 Publisher’s Letter
8 FlashPoints
10 Gallery FlashPoints
12 Book Review
The Wrath of Rathbone
by Carl Little
14 Studio Visit
James Stroud
by Jack Curtis
16 Aerosol II
Graffiti’s Early Start in Boston
by Jennifer Mancuso
18 Sculpture
Arlene Shechet is Queen at Storm King
by Cynthia Close
20 Celebration
The Glass House Turns 85
by Kristin Nord
22 Filmmaking
Motherhood and the Making of a Film: Nora Fiffer’s Another Happy Day
by Alix Woodford
24 Exhibition
Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea
by Michael W. Zhang
26 Installation
Plastic Bag Love
by Eve O. Schaub
REVIEWS + PREVIEWS
SPOTLIGHT
53 Styling Identities: Hair’s Tangled Histories at The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
by Susan Rand Brown
54 Ancestors and Place: Indigenous North American Prints at MFA, Boston
by Julianna Thibodeaux
56 Now You See Me: Suzy Spence, Nikko Sedgwick, Carl D’Alvia at The Bundy Modern
by Cynthia Close
CONNECTICUT
52 Deserve What You Dream at NXTHVN
by Terri C Smith
MAINE
52 Vivien Russe: Networks at Sarah Bouchard Gallery
by Carl Little
55 Tom Burckhardt: Informal Worship at Bowdoin College Museum of Art
by Carl Little
MASSACHUSETTS
55 What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine at Norman Rockwell Museum
by Charles Bonenti
57 Erica H. Adams: Works on Paper at Colo Colo Gallery
by B. Amore
NEW HAMPSHIRE
57 Stories of the Sea at Currier Museum of Art
by Susan M. Wadsworth
RHODE ISLAND
58 WaterFire at Providence
by Michael W. Zhang
VERMONT
58 Lee Williams: The Wounding at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
by Bret Chenkin
59 Scraps With Nature – Mary Admasian at T. W. Wood Gallery
by Kelly Holt
59 Jessica Straus: Stemming the Tide at Brattleboro Museum & Art Center
by B. Amore
IN THIS ISSUE
28 Calendar
41 Destination: Maine
45 Destination: New England
49 Guide to Schools and Workshops
50 Art Guide
60 Exhibition Listings
71 Classifieds
72 Art Seen